sylphlike in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sylphlike in the English»French Dictionary

sylphlike [Brit ˈsɪlflʌɪk, Am ˈsɪlfˌlaɪk] ADJ

sylphlike woman, movements:

sylphlike

d'une grâce ethérée

sylphlike figure often hum

silhouette de sylphide

sylphlike in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sylphlike in the English»French Dictionary

sylphlike [ˈsɪlf·laɪk] ADJ

sylphlike waist

de sylphide

sylphlike person

à la taille de sylphide

a sylphlike girl

une sylphide

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She was the whole package: a lovely, sylphlike woman with a natural blush, like windburn, and an elusive quality that seemed lit from within.

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Jacket collars should be undone to reveal a long neck, while longer hemlines will create a sylphlike silhouette.

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In them she often appears insubstantial, sylphlike, almost spectral -- a visitation or an apparition from another realm.

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He was sylphlike, resplendent in tight, bright clothes the colour of royalty.

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